La grammatica della sottrazione: il diritto come tecnica e la giuridificazione del sociale

This text offers a view of law as a special language that categorises reality and institutes a microcosm where disputes can be settled with recourse to law’s categories. Building on Yan Thomas’ study of the value of things in Roman law, the author claims that this understanding helps decipher the ongoing juridification of society and the reason why law is becoming a new means for individuals and collectives to make claims and construct themselves as social subjects